Should we be thankful for Thanksgiving, or is it a Turkey?
Connor Cochrane describes the history behind Thanksgiving, giving a personal insight, as well as relating it to other festive holidays.…
Don't Rent Yet: A students' guide to housing
“Being a student is the best time of your life”. For sure, that is what every student is told during…
The inescapable clutches of social networking
Jordan Ellis discusses the power of social networking: how we do not realise its influences, its worth, and the effects…
Can we call LGBTQ* celebrities role-models?
Growing up, everybody has a role model. You haven’t really experienced being young if you haven’t, at some stage literally…
Stress: was once useful, now a nuisance
There are some words in the English language that have lost a little bit of their meaning. Many people have…
What I didn’t expect India to show me
Beyond the spices, saris and sunshine: Florella Scozzafava writes about the reality of life in India compared with her earlier…
Domestic Violence
Just because we do not witness the extremities of domestic violence in the private space does not mean it is…
Violence in public spaces
“Text me when you’re home safely!” Such a common conclusion to a night out – especially amongst female friends –…
The National Trajectory of Local Change
From Sussex question time to the NUS demo in London on the 21st, ‘Privatisation’ is still the word on everybody’s…
A Life Without Fear?
Last week Brighton found itself rampaged by ghosts, zombies and ghouls in the middle of its chilling annual Halloween festival.…
Cheating the system
Plagiarism and cheating: two words that students come across again and again throughout their academic experience at Sussex. Although it…
The Essence of Privatisation
“The only way contractors make a profit is by cutting jobs and wages – that is the essence of…
Aspects of Homesickness
Eva Mendez The first weeks at a new university can be a time of excessive partying, a time of engaging…
University challenged
As a new generation of students’ arrives at ‘liberal-lefty’ Sussex The Badger asks: are they walking into a bohemian…
The only way is Media
The statistics show that both domestically and aggregately, the number of students undertaking media related subjects is falling. However, those…